# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-knapen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:06:20.320Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-knapen"
name: "Ben Knapen"
slug: "ben-knapen"
description: "Hubertus Petrus Maria \"Ben\" Knapen is a Dutch historian and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 24 September 2021 to 10 January 2022. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), he previously was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2012 and parliamentary leader in the Senate from 2019 to 2021."
tagline: "Dutch politician and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Knapen%2C_2021.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1951-01-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.73
  momentum:             0.821917808219178
  historical:           9.212636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "بين كناپين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ben Knapen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Knapen"
    title: "Ben Knapen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Knapen"
    title: "Ben Knapen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Knapen"
    title: "Ben Knapen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Knapen"
    title: "Ben Knapen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Knapen"
    title: "Ben Knapen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Knapen"
    title: "Ben Knapen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Knapen"
    title: "Ben Knapen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://li.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Knapen"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347781"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump